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| Car Of The Day: May 18, 2017; Racing Champions '86 Buick Regal T-Type | |
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| Swifty | May 18 2017, 09:30 PM Post #1 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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![]() Today's Car Of The Day is Racing Champions' 1986 Buick Regal T-Type.. ![]()
![]() For more information and pictures of the real car, please visit: Buick Regal ![]() Perhaps the greatest American car of the 1980s, the turbo Regals could outrun Mustangs, Camaros, and even Corvettes. In a Buick. With two less cylinders. This casting originated as a Racing Champions Mint model with separate side mirrors that were extremely fragile. When they retooled it for the Johnny Lightning line the mirrors were thankfully dropped. Even though it's returned to the Racing Champions line... it still has a JL logo on the base. And since it's unlikely we'll see a modern Buick Regal in small scale unless they bring back the Grand National... I want to take a moment to mention a little trivia fact. The reborn Regal has only eclipsed 30,000 units sold in the USA once since it returned in 2010 (40,144 sold in 2011). The same Regal sold 111,245 in 2014... ...in China. If you've ever wondered why Buick survived, while Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Saturn were sacrificed... there's your answer. China loves Buicks.
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| craftymore | May 18 2017, 09:54 PM Post #2 |
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Support your local demo derby.
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Of the repops that RC has used since their re-launch this looks line one of the better ones. The front and rear tampo work is quite good. |
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| pjedsel | May 18 2017, 10:24 PM Post #3 |
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Muscle Car
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The original RC Mint Edition series offered a lot of cars that no one else was doing in those days - it is to bad that in an effort for realism with the outside mirrors and such that they were so fragile and broke off easily. It is good to see this basic casting still in use - now by the reborn Racing Champions. The front and rear detail is very nice.
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| Hobie-wan | May 19 2017, 01:42 AM Post #4 |
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Cool car and a cool model. |
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| jedimario | May 19 2017, 10:41 AM Post #5 |
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Wow, that actually looks really nice. |
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| chris.p | May 19 2017, 11:40 AM Post #6 |
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These look quite cool now. They looked a bit chintzy in their time but history has been kind to them. They have a shape that never caught on in Europe. 2 door cars are seen as poverty spec unless they come from BMW, Mercedes or Audi. Chris |
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| 94cadillacfleetwood | May 19 2017, 07:18 PM Post #7 |
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Nothing good ever happens after midnight.
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My mum had one of these when I was growing up...took my driving test and got my licence in one of these. So for the nostalgia value alone, this might be my winner this week. Nice to see they brought this back!! |
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| ivantt | May 19 2017, 11:12 PM Post #8 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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I passed on this one but I'll go back and reconsider when they restock, as I don't believe it will be a quick sellout. I hope I don't regret my original decision, because it really is a nice effort. |
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| Swifty | May 20 2017, 10:15 PM Post #9 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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You've probably got a good chance in all honesty. The pegs were pretty picked over when I got this one. Surprisingly there were two of the Super Bees left, the Plymouth Fury NYPD car (which I also grabbed), and this Buick. The Broncos, of course, were long gone. |
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| funeralxempire | May 22 2017, 07:18 PM Post #10 |
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What market would that be in? Since here if it's not a coupe it's a bore-door and inherently less desirable. |
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| jurcpa | May 31 2017, 12:30 PM Post #11 |
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nice oldy and great amazing car,many thanks for this pictures and treath |
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